An environmental group is asking voters to ban...

TUNA BAN.

March 26, 1990

- PORTLAND, ORE. — TUNA BAN. An environmental group is asking voters to ban the sale of canned tuna caught with huge drift nets that also trap dolphins and other marine life. The United Community Action Network in Portland filed an initiative petition with the Multnomah County Elections Division seeking to declare the county the world's first ''tuna free zone.'' Initiative backers must collect 14,148 signatures over six months to put the measure on the November general election or a special election ballot. The measure would exempt the sale of canned tuna caught without the use of drift nets, or purse seines, which contribute to the death of an estimated 120,000 dolphins every year.